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How do you throw a 100th birthday bash for the most influential bluesman that ever lived? If you’re Big Head Todd and The Monsters, you gather some of the greatest living blues musicians and record 100 Years of Robert Johnson (on Ryko/Big Records), a new tribute album featuring 10 potent interpretations of some of the most vital and durable music of the past century.
Big Head Blues Club, as the ad hoc ensemble is calling itself, features, in addition to the Colorado-based quartet—guitarist and vocalist Todd Park Mohr, bassist Rob Squires, drummer Brian Nevin and keyboardist Jeremy Lawton—blues legends B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin, Honeyboy Edwards and Charlie Musselwhite, as well as keepers of the blues flame Ruthie Foster, Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm.
Recorded at the legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis, and produced by Grammy award winning blues producer Chris Goldsmith (Blind Boys of Alabama), 100 Years of Robert Johnson was released in early 2011, and supported by a national tour (“Blues at the Crossroads: The Robert Johnson Centennial Concerts”) featuring a rotating cast of many of the participants in the sessions.
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Big Head Blues Club, as the ad hoc ensemble is calling itself, features, in addition to the Colorado-based quartet—guitarist and vocalist Todd Park Mohr, bassist Rob Squires, drummer Brian Nevin and keyboardist Jeremy Lawton—blues legends B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin, Honeyboy Edwards and Charlie Musselwhite, as well as keepers of the blues flame Ruthie Foster, Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm.
Recorded at the legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis, and produced by Grammy award winning blues producer Chris Goldsmith (Blind Boys of Alabama), 100 Years of Robert Johnson will be released in early 2011, and supported by a national tour (“Blues at the Crossroads: The Robert Johnson Centennial Concerts”) featuring a rotating cast of many of the participants in the sessions.
Confirmed Big Head Blues Club Tourdates
Friday, January 28Regency Center Grand BallroomSan Francisco CA
Saturday, January 29Orange County Performing Arts CenterCosta Mesa CA
Sunday, January 30AnthologySan Diego CA
Monday, January 31University of California – Santa Barbara
Campbell HallSanta Barbara CA
Friday, February 4Paramount TheatreAustin TX
Saturday, February 5Lakewood TheatreDallas TX
Thursday, February 10University Of Michigan, Hill AuditoriumAnn Arbor MI
Friday, February 11Orchestra HallChicago IL
Saturday, February 12Uptown TheaterKansas City MO
Sunday, February 13Mississippi State University Riley CenterMeridian MS
Wednesday, February 16University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Memorial HallChapel Hill NC
Thursday, February 17The Music Center at StrathmoreNorth Bethesda MD
Friday, February 18Berklee Performance CenterBoston MA
Thursday, February 24The Ridgefield PlayhouseRidgefield CT
Friday, February 25McCarter Theatre CenterPrinceton NJ
Saturday, February 26Montgomery County Community College
The Science Center TheaterBlue Bell PA
Sunday, February 27Zeiterion Performing Arts CenterNew Bedford MA
Friday, March 4Potawatomi Bingo Casino
Northern Light TheaterMilwaukee WI
Saturday, March 5Holland Performing Arts CenterOmaha NE
Sunday, March 6Orchestra HallMinneapolis MN
Tuesday, March 8University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Krannert Center – Tryon Festival TheatreUrbana ILHow do you throw a 100th birthday bash for the most influential bluesman that ever lived? If you’re Big Head Todd and The Monsters, you gather some of the greatest living blues musicians and record 100 Years of Robert Johnson (Ryko/Big Records), a stirring new tribute album featuring 10 potent interpretations of some of the most vital and durable music of the past century.
Big Head Blues Club, as the ad hoc ensemble is calling itself, features, in addition to the Colorado-based quartet—guitarist and vocalist Todd Park Mohr, bassist Rob Squires, drummer Brian Nevin and keyboardist Jeremy Lawton—blues legends B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin, Honeyboy Edwards and Charlie Musselwhite, as well as keepers of the blues flame Ruthie Foster, Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm.
Recorded at the legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis, and produced by Grammy award winning blues producer Chris Goldsmith (Blind Boys of Alabama), 100 Years of Robert Johnson will be released in early 2011, and supported by a national tour (“Blues at the Crossroads: The Robert Johnson Centennial Concerts”) featuring a rotating cast of many of the participants in the sessions.
Confirmed Big Head Blues Club Tourdates
Friday, January 28Regency Center Grand BallroomSan Francisco CA
Saturday, January 29Orange County Performing Arts CenterCosta Mesa CA
Sunday, January 30AnthologySan Diego CA
Monday, January 31University of California – Santa Barbara
Campbell HallSanta Barbara CA
Friday, February 4Paramount TheatreAustin TX
Saturday, February 5Lakewood TheatreDallas TX
Thursday, February 10University Of Michigan, Hill AuditoriumAnn Arbor MI
Friday, February 11Orchestra HallChicago IL
Saturday, February 12Uptown TheaterKansas City MO
Sunday, February 13Mississippi State University Riley CenterMeridian MS
Wednesday, February 16University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Memorial HallChapel Hill NC
Thursday, February 17The Music Center at StrathmoreNorth Bethesda MD
Friday, February 18Berklee Performance CenterBoston MA
Thursday, February 24The Ridgefield PlayhouseRidgefield CT
Friday, February 25McCarter Theatre CenterPrinceton NJ
Saturday, February 26Montgomery County Community College
The Science Center TheaterBlue Bell PA
Sunday, February 27Zeiterion Performing Arts CenterNew Bedford MA
Friday, March 4Potawatomi Bingo Casino
Northern Light TheaterMilwaukee WI
Saturday, March 5Holland Performing Arts CenterOmaha NE
Sunday, March 6Orchestra HallMinneapolis MN
Tuesday, March 8University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Krannert Center – Tryon Festival TheatreUrbana IL
